Knight Foundation

Informed & Engaged Communities

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Benevolent crowd funding platform

To implement Benevolent.net's program in Charlotte, Detroit and San Jose to enable citizens to engage with each other by supporting one-time challenges that their neighbors confront through an online platform

Harvey B. Gantt Center Exhibits

To support Gantt Center exhibits and programming in 2013 including the exhibition of Church Hats; works by Jonathan Green; and Question Bridge: Black Males

Charlotte Arts Journalism Alliance

To create the Charlotte Arts Journalism Alliance, a collection of trained arts journalists who will publish under the CAA banner on TV, radio, print, online and a newly developed app

Concierto

To support a comprehensive marketing initiative for WDAV's Concierto program that will significantly increase audience, carriage and visibility in 2012-13

Project L.I.F.T.

To add a community engagement manager and embed engagement in a large-scale community initiative focused on student achievement

XO Laptops for Project L.I.F.T.

To provide laptops to 3,200 K-5 students in order to increase digital access as part of a large-scale community initiative focused on student achievement

Dangerous Liaisons

To present the World Premiere of Sasha Janes' ballet "Dangerous Liaisons," utilizing innovative technology to attract new and diverse theatergoers

McColl Center for Visual Art

To elevate and energize community discussion, engagement and excitement by bringing six to eight new Knight artists in residence to McColl Center for Visual Art leading to increased regional and national attention

Digital Outreach

To create a more accessible and comprehensive website, including a digital library of portions of the collection plus a comprehensive microsite on North Carolina Pottery

Educational Outreach

To inspire young artists-in-training by providing free tickets for them to attend professional arts events

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